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10 Yen US Military Currency - A-Note
| Issuer | Allied Military Authority (United States) |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio printing on a light blue guilloche underprint, with denomination numerals and Japanese characters 拾圓 in green at the four corners and sides. A large letter 'A' is worked into the central guilloche underprint, flanked by ornamental scroll vignettes at left and right. The inscription 'MILITARY CURRENCY' appears at top, with 'TEN YEN' in green at centre and the seal 軍票 (Military Currency) at the bottom centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | ISSUED PURSUANT TO MILITARY PROCLAMATION 軍事布告に基き發行す (Translation: Issued pursuant to military proclamation) |
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The "A-series" Allied Military Currency issued for Japan in 1945 was prepared in advance of an invasion that never happened. When Japan surrendered in August 1945, occupation forces used these notes anyway — they circulated alongside existing Bank of Japan issues until SCAP began withdrawing them in 1946 in favor of new BoJ series issued under occupation supervision.
The "A" block letter prefix was a control device, not a series identifier in the conventional sense. Notes without the prefix were intended for a different theater and were never released in Japan.